"To educate the public in order to preserve reasonable public access to and sensible recreational multiple-use of public lands and waters (including motorized uses) in Northeastern Minnesota, especially the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), with care for the environment."

CWCS Supports

1. Reasonable access to and sensible recreational multiple-use of public lands and waters.
2. The use of common sense.
3. Continued multiple uses of our National Forests and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
4. Caring for our natural environment. Being environmentally, economically and socially responsible.

CWCS Annual Meeting/Fund Raiser and Boat Raffle

Winners of the CWCS Annual Meeting/Fund Raiser and Boat Raffle on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 at Whiteside Park at close of Harvest Moon Festival can be found here.

Talking Points for comments on USFS land withdrawal from future mining in the Superior National Forest

Click here for several comments to make in regard to the federal land withdrawal in the Superior National Forest from future mining. Pick a few comments to expand upon and put them in a letter/email with some comments of your own. It is best to not have a form type response with your comments.

Why CWCS continues to fight...
"(We will) embark on a 10 year campaign to get every single motor out of the Boundary Waters." – Friends of the Boundary Waters lawyer, Brian O’Neill, quoted in May 20, 1998 Star Tribune